On 04/24/2017 11:51 PM, Bart Van Assche wrote:
> On Mon, 2017-04-24 at 09:32 +0200, Hannes Reinecke wrote:
>> On 04/22/2017 01:40 AM, Bart Van Assche wrote:
>>> --- a/include/linux/blk-mq.h
>>> +++ b/include/linux/blk-mq.h
>>> @@ -121,6 +121,12 @@ struct blk_mq_ops {
>>> softirq_done_fn *complete;
>>>
>>> /*
>>> + * Used by the debugfs implementation to show driver-specific
>>> + * information about a request.
>>> + */
>>> + void (*show_rq)(struct seq_file *m, struct request *rq);
>>> +
>>> + /*
>>> * Called when the block layer side of a hardware queue has been
>>> * set up, allowing the driver to allocate/init matching structures.
>>> * Ditto for exit/teardown.
>>>
>>
>> I don't really like this; what does happen if someone disabled
>> CONFIG_BLK_DEBUGFS? Won't we end up with a stale callback?
>
> Hello Hannes,
>
> How about surrounding (*show_rq)() function pointer with #ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEBUGFS /
> #endif?
>
Nope.
Then you'll end up with different offsets in the structures, depending
on how the kernel is compiled. Making debugging a nightmare.
Not sure what would be the best way here ...
Cheers,
Hannes
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